“I feared John Ashcroft would become just this kind of
Attorney General when I voted against his confirmation
in 2001. His Justice Department has demonstrated a
willful lack of commitment to the basic fairness and
equality of opportunity that has made this country all
that it is today. “I, along with 98 other United States Senators,
supported the passage of the Patriot Act. Never did I
expect it to be implemented the way it has. Mr.
Ashcroft has chosen to destroy our civil liberties
under the premise of personal security and safety; the
true spirit in which the law was written.”
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Bob Graham Blasts Ashcroft as Unjust and Bad for America
August 21, 2003
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STATEMENT FROM SENATOR BOB GRAHAM
(Atlanta, GA) – “I’m glad Attorney General John
Ashcroft has left behind his cozy confines in
Washington and is traveling the country to meet with
regular folks for once. Hopefully, it will do the
Attorney General some good to hear from the American
people on how his extreme policies have hurt this
nation. I only wish that he would actually listen to
the people of America as he tours the country and upon
returning to Washington straighten up his far-right
Justice Department.
“I feared John Ashcroft would become just this kind of
Attorney General when I voted against his confirmation
in 2001. His Justice Department has demonstrated a
willful lack of commitment to the basic fairness and
equality of opportunity that has made this country all
that it is today. “I, along with 98 other United States Senators,
supported the passage of the Patriot Act. Never did I
expect it to be implemented the way it has. Mr.
Ashcroft has chosen to destroy our civil liberties
under the premise of personal security and safety; the
true spirit in which the law was written.”
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